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Basic Pharmaceutics Part 2
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Biochemistry
Undergraduate 1
03/16/2011

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metabolite
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the substance resulting from the body's transformation of an administered drug
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MEC
Definition
the blood concentration needed for a drug to produce a response
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MTC
Definition
the upper limit of the therapeutic window
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nephron
Definition
the functional unti of the kidney
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onset of action
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the time the MEC is reached and the response occurs
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passive difusion
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the movement of drugs from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
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pharmaceutical alternative
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drug products that contain the same active ingredient but not necessarily in the same salt form, amount, or dosage form
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pharmaceutical equivalent
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drg products that contain the identical amounts of the same ingredient in the same dosage form
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protein binding
Definition
the attachment of a drug molecule to a protein, effectively making the drug inactive
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receptor
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the cellular material which interacts with the drug
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selective (action)
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the characteristic of a drug that makes its action specific to certain receptors
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site of action
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the location where an administered drug produces an effect
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therapeutic equivalent
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pharamaceutical equivalents that produce the same effects in patients
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therapeutic window
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a drug's blood concentration range between its MEC and MTC
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